Police now involved in Florida duck killing

Police officers are looking into outrage over the massacre of Muscovy ducks at a pond in Ormond Beach.

The homeowners association hired a company, Trutech, to remove the nuisance ducks a Trails subdivision pond, but the removal horrified residents.

Residents said the ducks were shot with pellets and left in the pond to drown.

“To see something struggle to keep its head up so he wouldn't drown and just going back in the water, I mean that's just, it's just terrible,” John Schreiner said.

Ormond Beach police sent criminal complaints against the two workers to the State Attorney’s Office

Residents shared pictures of ducks dead or dying in the water, their carcasses littered the shoreline.

They said not only did the ducks suffer, Trutech employees didn't bag the animals afterward, but just left them on the grass and in the pond.

A company spokesman refuses to say whether the workers were disciplined or whether they are making any changes to removal procedures. In an email, they did say they followed Fish and Wildlife Commission protocol.

“We are cooperating with the Ormond Beach Animal Services and the Ormond Beach Police Department as they evaluate the ducks' removal,” the company said in a statement.

Outraged witnesses told us they don't need time to evaluate anything.

“You want to move a duck or ducks in this case, that's fine, but to show up here early in the morning and kill them and just leave them here, is just shocking,” John Griffin said.

It is unclear whether the State Attorney’s Office will file charges.

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